Kansas economy faces slow growth amid deregulation calls
Kansas leaders at the Governor's Conference on the Kansas Economy voiced cautious optimism about steady job gains and diversified growth beyond agriculture and oil. They warned that 1990s policies must differ from the 1980s and urged federal and state regulatory relief to accelerate development, with service industries expanding and aerospace export gains anticipated.
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Wichitta
Kansas
Boeing Co
Mark Drabenstott
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Gary Sherrer
Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing
Drabenstatt
Hedges Real Estate joins Realty Executives franchise
Hedges Real Estate Inc of Lawrence after 36 years becomes the local franchisee for Realty Executives in Douglas and Franklin counties. The firm will keep its legal name but market as Realty Executives, adopting 100 percent commissions for agents with a $295 monthly base plus space fees. The move aims to boost marketing power and referrals amid a competitive market. grand opening planned with Realty Executives executives attending.
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Hedges Real Estate Inc
Lawrence
Douglas
Franklin Counties
Phoenix
Hedges Insurance Co
Hedges Real Estate
Hedges
Bryan Hedges
Chuck Hedges
Hedges Realty
Rich Rector
Realty Executives
Bill Powers
Realty Executives International
Kansas City
Steve Summers
Leawood
Commodity price snapshot from early trading hours
Aluminum 87.2 cents per lb and copper at 1.4400 dollars per lb on London Metal Exchange with U.S. cathode demand. NY Comex spot copper at 1.4165, lead 0.44, zinc 0.5134 to 0.5286, tin 4.6349, gold around 384.35 Handy & Harman and 382.50 NY Comex spot, silver 5.366 per troy oz, mercury 250 per 76 lb flask, platinum 421.00 to 423.00 per troy oz. quotes from Commerce Bank as of 8 a.m. today.
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London Metal Exch
U.S
Comex
Handy & Harman
Mercury
New York
N.Y
Web
N.g
GM workers at Fairfax authorize strike in Kansas City
UAW Local 31 members at the General Motors Fairfax assembly plant in Kansas City Kansas voted 88 percent to authorize a strike if talks with GM fail. The plant, producing the Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme and Pontiac Grand Prix, runs two shifts with about 3,300 hourly workers and seeks slower pace or more staff.
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United Auto Workers
General Motors
Fairfax
Kansas City
Kan
UAW
Jim Russell
Smart Cash aims to issue national smart card system
Fourteen financial institutions form Smart Cash to create a nationally issued smart card for micro purchases from parking to laundry. Banks, MasterCard and GemPlus join Verifone to promote adoption, with possible storage of medical records and stock data, signaling a cashless society shift.
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Smart Cash
SmartCash
Banc One Corp
BankAmerica Corp
MasterCard International
Chemical Banking Corp
GemPlus Sca
Verifone
U.S
MasterCard
Ellison Clary
NationsBank Corp
Charlotte
N.C
Stocks of local interest
Market watchers get a preview of weekend activity as the Journal-World promises a full market wrapup in Saturday’s edition. The note highlights local shares of interest and invites readers to check the paper for comprehensive quotes and analysis.
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Journal-World
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